Stan Golden Men of Action Awards

The Men of Action Awards are named in memory of Stan Golden, the Quintessential Man of Action. Stan's professional career, personal activities and volunteer efforts on behalf of Southwest Jewish Congress and numerous other organizations, set the high standards for this prestigious award.

The SWJC Stan Golden Men of Action Awards recognize men from diverse disciplines and backgrounds in the DFW area who have distinguished themselves in the pursuit of positive social change and who have made an impact on our communities both as role models and trail blazers. These Men of Action support the mission of SWJC, which includes celebrating American unity through cultural and multi-faith diversity in our community.

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2018 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lifetime Achievement Award

​GARY GRIFFITH

Current President of the Today Foundation whose mission is to positively impact the lives of young people through leadership and character development, environmental education and historic preservation

Board Member Citizen’s Advisory Board at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office; ACT!; State Fair of Texas Association; Imagination Station; Dallas Summer Musicals; Garland Road Vision program; and The University of Texas Ex-Students Association

Hosts corporate, agency and international visitors to SMU and Paul Quinn College to connect and highlight students

Collaborates with the Doc Arnette Foundation to teach financial literacy to high school students

Designated “American Indian Individual of the Year” by American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas

DON HOOTON, SR.

2004 founder and current Executive Chairman President, Taylor Hooton Foundation, “the little organization that could” making a national impact against use of anabolic steroids and other Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances included nutritional/dietary supplements

National spokesperson against use of enhancing drugs by youth, including multiple appearances before Congress, state legislatures, and television and radio programs

Member of the Advisory Board of Digital Citizens Alliance which educates the public on making the Web a safer place for consumers

Hosts “Hoot’s Corner” on the Web, with latest findings on enhancing drug issues

Designated “Texas Sports Personality of the Year” by the Dallas Morning News; named “Top 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America” by the Institute for International Sport33 years in the telecommunications software business

Designated a “Best Business Leader in Dallas”; Dallas Business’s “40 under 40” and the 2015 “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” by the Junior Jaycees

RICHARD MARCUS

His passion is to help others effect change by exercising the power of their ballots

Built a network of approximately 900 volunteer deputy registrars, developed registration events in underrepresented population groups to register new voters; provided voter and general election education; planned voter engagement events and arranged to get voters to the polls

Has registered approximately 20,000 new voters in the past 2½ years

Created a website “The Coalition of Justice” (coj-dallas.org) to promote voter engagement in social justice

Formed “Make a Difference in Someone’s Life”, a Temple Emanu-El Sh’ma group, to make a difference in a family or individual’s life by providing opportunities to them that otherwise may not be available in their time of need

BYRON SANDERS

Advocate for education, economic development for minorities and/or underprivileged

President/CEO of Big Thought, a creative opportunity agency

Board member, KIPP/DFW, Children at Risk, Mayor’s Star Council and Greenhill Board

Future Men of Action

President of the Texas Society of the Children of the American Revolution, the oldest patriotic youth organization in the United States

Conducted and led three significant conservation projects at Connemara Conservancy to preserve and protect the nearly extinct Blackland Prairie in Allen, Texas

Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout, Order of the ArrowGiven a national TEDx Talk and made numerous Earth Day presentations educating others about the Blackland Prairie, its native grasses and wildlife, and challenging them to preserve their local environment

Worked closely with the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) in planning a community Havdalah with 300 people attending, featured two speakers to discuss the current political climate of the Middle East

In April 2018 participated in “The March of the Living” in Poland and Israel